⁴ “But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it.^(A)

¹⁷ “‘This is a lasting ordinance^(A) for the generations to come,^(B) wherever you live:^(C) You must not eat any fat or any blood.^(D)’”

²⁶ And wherever you live, you must not eat the blood^(A) of any bird or animal. ²⁷ Anyone who eats blood^(B) must be cut off from their people.’”

¹⁶ But you must not eat the blood;^(A) pour^(B) it out on the ground like water.^(C)

²³ But be sure you do not eat the blood,^(A) because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.^{(B) 24} You must not eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water.^{(C) 25} Do not eat it, so that it may go well^(D) with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right^(E) in the eyes of the Lord.

³³ Then someone said to Saul, “Look, the men are sinning against the Lord by eating meat that has blood^(A) in it.”

“You have broken faith,” he said. “Roll a large stone over here at once.”